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Painting a Negative Space Silhouette

Sweet Pea is 28 months old.

From: The results of this water color resist project at 4 Crazy Kings looked so appealing that I just had to try it.

Material:

Digital camera. Re-positionable laminating sheets or removable contact paper. (I preferred the laminating sheets. You can NOT use regular contact paper.)

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A Life-Size Portrait

Sweet Pea is 27 months old.

From: I got the idea for making a life-size portrait from this tot school post on The Shafer Family blog.

Material:

A large sheet of paper at least as long as your tot is tall. (I suggest using a roll of craft paper or butcher paper, but […]


Gluing Sand to Paper

Sweet Pea is 27 months old.

From: I saw a glue stick next to us while we were drawing in the sand tray and thought, “Hey, why don’t we try gluing the sand onto some paper?”

Material:

Non-toxic sand. A box or jelly roll pan to hold the sand. It needs to be wide […]


Painting on a Chalkboard

Sweet Pea is 26 months.

From: One of my friends suggested this activity.

Materials:

Chalkboard. (See the Notes from the Trenches.) Paint brush. Small bowl of water. Towel for drying the chalkboard. Sponge to wipe up spills.

Procedure:

Show your tot how to dip […]


Paint with Water – Part 2

Observations: Paint with water is our new favorite activity. I first talked about the paint with water book we received from Sweet Pea’s Great Aunt Jackie here. Since then, I have been on a constant look out for more of them and have discovered a few things that I wanted to share.

We found […]


Color Matching Wheel

Sweet Pea is 25 months.

From: This from Carissa’s Learning Wheel idea at 1+1+1=1.

Materials:

1 piece of heavy white paper or cardstock. 6 different colors (red, blue, yellow, purple, green, orange) of cardstock or construction paper. A laminator or press and seal lamination pockets. (Optional, but good if you want to […]


Dot Painters

From: I got the idea for this type of art work from Carissa’s tot school post at 1+1+1=1 and I bought the Do-A-Dot Rainbow Painting Set from Micheal’s Craft Store.

Procedure: There isn’t a whole lot to explain. I just put a piece of paper in front of Sweet Pea, unscrewed the cap on […]


Paint with Water

I used to love “Paint with Water” books so when Sweet Pea’s Great Aunt Jackie brought one over for her, I think I was as excited as Sweet Pea. Sweet Pea spent a lot of time looking through the pictures of Spot’s Busy Day, even before I […]